War Should Never Be Entered Upon Until

The Best Way For The Government To Maintain Its Credit Is To Pay As It Goes-not By Resorting To Loans, But By Keeping Out Of Debt-through An Adequate Income Secured By A System Of Taxation, External Or Internal, Or Both.

Honesty, Capacity, And Industry Are Nowhere More Indispensable Than In Public Employment.

The Mission Of The United States Is One Of Benevolent Assimilation.

We Go To War Only To Make Peace. We Never Went To War With Any Other Design. We Carry The National Conscience Wherever We Go.

The Army Of Grant And The Army Of Lee Are Together. They Are One Now In Faith, In Hope, In Fraternity, In Purpose, And In An Invincible Patriotism. And, Therefore, The Country Is In No Danger. In Justice Strong, In Peace Secure, And In Devotion To The Flag All One.